Baby carrier
Baby carrier
Baby carrier
Anishinaabe style baby carrier made of carved wood, with a bent bow and wool wrapper with ribbon work. Made before 1960.
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wood; thong made of possibly catgut/rawhide (stiff to the touch); navy blue wool, red and lt. grey-purple silk ribbon, yellow and green cotton tape and patterned fabric tie; nails; twine
bow is bound to board by the rawhide thong; navy wool wrapper has appliqued ribbon work in zig-zag pattern with red and lt. grey-purple silk ribbon, bound with a yellow and green cotton tape and patterned fabric tie-- appears to be nailed to board.; wrapper is in two pieces: one larger piece covered with a thinner band of wool, with green tape and lined in same purple patterned fabric as the tie.
tag (recto) reads "old Chippewa Indian Cradle"; tag (verso) reads: "birchbark lining 27.50"
deposited at museum in 1960
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Visit to Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA) of Wahsontiio Cross and Alexandra Nahwegahbow, assisted by Eric Wohlin on 10 August 2015.